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DayZ is a mod for ARMA 2 (a tactical first-person/third-person shooter) where you are thrust into a world full of zombies. Players must scavenge food, water, and gear to survive and defend themselves from zombies and other players.

I crawl, crouch and whatnot to try and avoid zombies. Usually I'm alright but once a zombie detect me I always manage to pull them with me forever until I am so tired that they catch up and eat me. ...

I got the Day Z mod with my copy of Arma 2 in this week's Humble Bundle and I was wondering; is the modification of Arma 2 version compatible with the standalone release of Day Z?
Am I able to play ...

okay so I installed Arma Combined operations off the anniversary disc. now i want a new CD key to play DayZ as that one is my brothers so i purchased Arma 2 and Arma 2 operation arrowhead on steam. ...

I found a Mi-17 on the North West Airfield (without fuel). I filled it with one jerry can of fuel and tried to lift off. The rotors were turning, but I couldn't lift off.
(When I went out to get more ...

I have acquired a black SUV and been able to keep it for several days now. My current gear include a pile of weapons (DMR, multiple AK's, Bison, MP5SD, pistols etc), plenty of food, a tent and lots of ...

I have wood, hatchet, hunting knife, and matches. I know (in theory) how to use these to cook meat, but I'm failing to find the delicious meat-containing animals. I've seen one rabbit in my few days ...

Recently, DayZ has become easier to use via the Six Launcher.
There are times when servers appear to be greyed out. At first, I thought this was due to a version mismatch. Unfortunately, this is not ...

We have two computers in the house (and two Day Z "accounts"). On one of these computers, it is not possible to save items past a certain point in my inventory. After playing around with it for far ...

I realize that in DayZ, your character persists through servers.
The problem is, I have two different groups of people with whom I would like to play. Group 1 is, for argument's sake, in position A, ...

So far in DayZ, I've found a rifle, some ammo, some firewood, and even a bike!
The one thing I haven't found, however, is water. Or any kind of drink for that matter. I'm slowly dying of dehydration, ...

Whenever I leave a game server in DayZ, my current location is saved so that I spawn there when I log in again.
What happens if someone is standing in that exact spot? Would I get spawned somewhere ...

I was watching the a live stream of someone playing DayZ while he was going back to his tent and it showed a bunch of forbidden item such as the M24 Desert and AS50 TWS.
I could not see the server or ...

In the DayZ mod for Arma 2, sometimes when I spawn I get lucky and start near a town, where I can usually find zombies, supplies, and other players. This is fun!
However, usually I seem to spawn in ...

I'd like to install and play the Day Z mod for Arma 2, but the web page for the mod doesn't give very specific instructions. Simply dropping the .rar files into the specified directories seems to be ...